Ethics Policy All authors publishing their works in Review of Agrarian Studies must adhere to the ethical standards prescribed by the publishers. Authorship In matters of authorship, we follow a modified version of the Elsevier “Ethics in Research and Publication” guidelines to distinguish authors from other contributors deserving acknowledgement. By these guidelines, the following four criteria must be met to be credited as an author:
Plagiarism The contents of the article submitted should be entirely the author’s and material from any other source must be properly acknowledged. The journal promotes research integrity and transparency; hence plagiarism in any form is not allowed. Peer-Review Systems The journal follows an unbiased, objective, and double-blind peer review process that aims at accuracy of data in the articles published. Conflict of Interest Authors and editors unable to present data objectively must disclose their public or private interests. Multiple or Concurrent Publication Simultaneous submission of the same article in more than one journal is unethical and discouraged. Protecting Intellectual Property The copyright of intellectual property rests with the authors, and not with the journal, for both the freely available online edition and the priced offline edition. |